In the Matter of: Velox Express, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board

Tab Group

Merits Stage

National Labor Relations Board issues 3-1 opinion holding that an employer’s mistaken classification of an individual as an independent contractor, rather than an employee, does not violate the National Labor Relations Act

August 30, 2019

Click here to view the opinion. The U.S. Chamber’s briefs supported this outcome, which the Board relied upon in the reasoning in its opinion.

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